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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
8
Live stock figures show Chicago hogs steady to 1% higher with top at 14.60. Cattle notes list steers at 18.75 to 20.00 for choice prime and various weights, plus heifers, cows, and calves with price ranges. Omaha receipts run 15,500 with market steady to 10 cents higher, top 14.60, and stockers and lambs detailed alongside ewe and cull prices.
Chicago reports a mixed day as corn averages fell on Hoover's Europe aid statements. May futures slipped to 1355-8 while July eased to 1333-4. Oats dropped 1-2c, while provisions ranged from five cent losses to forty cent gains. Market sentiment showed bearish views on food needs and export demand tempered by light receipts and holders selling. Prices listed show No 2 mixed at 1.51 and No 2 yellow at 1.53. Oats No 2 white 0.84-0.87, rye No 2 1.85, barley 1.40-1.58, pork nominal at 23.70.
The Minneapolis market list shows rib prices around 19 and 19.75, flour up 25 cents to 14.76 a barrel, and 98 pound cotton sacks. Barley at 1.24 to 1.55, rye No. 2 at 1.81, bran 43, corn 1.44 to 1.45, oats 82 to 84 cents, flax at 4.87 to 4.97.
Fragmentary report from Chicago market shows unsettled prices and mixed receipts. Notable figures include firsts trading around 55 to 68 cents, and potatoes firm with Northern Whites around $4 to $4.25 per cwt. Bulk whites and jobbing notes appear alongside varied prices from multiple suppliers.
Fragmentary OCR text presents scattered figures and phrases about Liberty bands and pricing. No coherent event or names are identifiable to form a concrete news item.
New York hosts the Anti-Prohibition League as members pledge to vote against any candidate who supports enforcing the prohibition amendment. The pledge circulates in New York New Jersey Maryland and Massachusetts as backers at a Madison Square club plan a national group opposing enforcement.
A two masted schooner named Ernest T. Lee, sailing from Bedford in December for Brave Cape Verde islands, was reported lost but all crew and passengers, 25 people, were saved. A cablegram from Madeira conveyed the wreck news with few details.
London reports indicate the cabinet will determine the future size of Britain’s army this week. Daily Mail and military officials suggest a minimum force compatible with national needs will be set, shaping postwar defense policy.
The plan for international safety and treaty fulfillment totals 300000, comparing with an army of 238000 prior to the war. The figures reflect scaled obligations and force levels in the postwar period.
Prohibition keeps Texas dry yet a shipment of Cognac arrives in Corpus Christi. The Cognac dog, a German police dog captured by American forces, is the notable item in a wartime relief tale rather than a liquor discovery.
Twin Falls Idaho business directory highlights an analytical chemist with expertise in bacteriology and toxicology. Specialist in food and sanitary analysis with special attention to board of health work.
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